Worms improve the structure of the soil and increase the air supply in it. This makes it possible for bacteria, fungi, viruses, insects and micro and macro-organisms to survive.

Earthworms burrow into the soil and break down root mats, opening up tunnels for oxygen and water to penetrate the soil.

Coated with nitrate-rich mucus, the roots of plants quickly take advantage of these tunnels, getting nutrition from the mucus.

Earthworm castings are far richer in minerals than the earth they ingest and, when deposited into the soil, act as a fertiliser.

Did you know Aristotle called earthworms the intestines of the soil and Charles Darwin wrote, ‘Of all animals, few have contributed so much to the development of the world, as we know it, as earthworms.’